1. Sulphur, Charcoal And Saltpetre

When I was a boy, all alone
Could not go to sleep, I was afraid
Thinking to myself, I must sleep
Ordering myself: 'time to sleep

But the veil of sleep would not come
I would have to wait in my own dark room
Imagining the world full of horror
Looking through my blinds, reflecting all

Did you think that you could?
Take it in as you should?
Or did you end up crying?
Instead of dying trying...

Old man staring through the eyes of a child
Waiting in the mirror every time
He would always open wounds I was hiding
Horror, old trauma and the fear of dying

These are the ancient measures
The ingredients of nightmares
Expecting tainted pleasures
Receiving only pain

I was a random child
Selected to be taken
Bullied and then tortured
In the name of glory

Forced to scream your prayer
Repeating it ever louder
Filling more bags of powder
Until I dream of nothing

Now I connect the wires
Inhale the power of fire
Offer my living soul
disappear in a hole

'Do believe in our cause forever
And forever will I stand by your side
Powder and the flame are a priority
But you know just how much you mean to me...

There's a proper time for separation
And it's a perfect way to say goodbye
If the doubts arrive there's a prayer
It will help you be prepared to die

Through the valley of the shadow of death
You will need to hold your head up high
Repeat the prayer through your final breath
Eternal glory comes, and the final rest'

Written on the walls at the house of sorrow
You can find the names of those who burned
Greater yet, the pain in little drawings
I could not remain in that room

But children of that place remain with us
They illustrate the burden of our lies
And make us feel the hell of all those memories
Buried in the grave of the fireflies

2. Descent

No one knows, what this means to me
These stubborn black lines
The only way I feel
Yet I'm dying inside
Years of torment, took their toll on this man
What now remains?
The pressure weighing on me
And now I can't breathe

They ask, why do you cry?
You have everything you need in this life
They could never see what's inside
Of me
Everyday, I will fall
Deeper inside, into this hole
Darkness grips me and fear guides
My way

I descend, further down with each day
The sun seems so dim
Laughter haunts me and tears are my friend
And I'm dying inside
Every plan fails, fate just laughs at my toil
My kingdom in flames
I stand alone in this mess
The ruins of my mind

3. World Encircled

The never ending symmetry
The snake devours his tail
Searching for infinity
The one, the whole
Searching

Die
To be reborn
It's just the way the world has always been
Encircled

Child
A state of dawn
The fears of man unknowing what will be
Fate unfolds our destiny

The shadow hides the opposite
The darkness lives inside
To grow we must embrace our fears
To love, to fight
Feel this

They say in death we live again
Eternal is the flame
We feed the soul and grow once more
To live, to die
Searching

4. Levitation

I was just a dreamer
In a complicated world
Looking for a reason
And trying to be heard
Things just got so heavy
And I was heavy too
There is no safe direction
There is no-one like you

Don't forget my story
Now you know the way I feel
God, I feel so empty
And emptiness is pain
Climbing up the ladder
Reaching for the end
I'd reach for the new life
But I have no more strength

Oh, how I wish I could levitate away
Astral wings spread to cut ascending air
The pressure of each and every broken barrier
Some of us were never meant to stay

5. The Temple In The Bedrock

If you are dreaming that you entered Babylon
Or passed the silent gates that guard the highest hall
You are the kind of dreamer we would welcome here
We penetrate the Earth, our revelation near

Feel the Earth giving in
We want to open doors
And lead you to a different kind of time...

There was a story on the man who stood between
The good and evil, he was known for his conflict
That man would use you for his metaphoric needs
He'd make the ground below you disappear within

Are you ready to begin?
We do have to dig so much deeper somehow
Are you the one we really need?
You have to be ready to follow us deep down

Are you not feeling very well anymore?
Are you fed up with stories that you loved before?
Knowing that life is but a pale old dream
Reach the end of something that would never begin...

Sometimes the old man might not be wise after all
Search for a revelation, hidden in the rock?
You better start to use your reasoning again
I wonder if free will is harder to regain

6. Black Lines

I want to live my life full
Take in all that that they give
Think my life as a gamble
I want to fell I'm alive

Pulled in all directions
You know I can't breathe
Try to figure out the dream
Can't feel a thing
You know I am slow
I died, yet I am alive
Horseman, pass by...

Now I know the dream is true
Lived by someone else
Blow the line, it feels good
This is the end of the line

I want to live and get some sleep
Be a better man
Invest all that I can
Oh yeah...

I want to feel again
Anything at all...
Anything but the endless black line...
The endless black line...

Do you feel you look like me?
Your back against the wall
turn away, find joy again
pretend, pretending is fine...

7. Impact

Can you feel the Earth approaching, Red horizon turn?
Time has frozen between two worlds,
Frozen, empty mind
One thing you have surely lost,
The one thing you still yearn
Frozen people always want to
Leave this world behind
See the roof come falling down
Red horizon turning round
Broken people are earthbound
All of them will hit the ground
You were always first to go,
First to test your mind
People thought that you'd be strong
But you were first to burn
See the roof come falling down
Red horizon turning round
Broken people are earthbound
All of them will hit the ground
All of them will hit the ground
All of them supposed to heal
All of them without a sound
All of them are true and real
All of them, they will be found
All of them, they will be read
All of them below the ground
All of them will conquer death

8. Nightmare

We are ready for the rain
That will last countless days
And slowly cover us all
On our knees we are waiting...
With blood on our hands
Never it will wash away

We live in a nightmare
Silent, we will bow low
Thus grounded, we will keep breathing
The decay from the buried below

Who was here before we
Arrived and dreamed?
We dream this dream...
Keep on dreaming
Keep on waiting
Keep on hoping
Keep on living...

9. A Second Chance

Her life, must come to an end
Memories of yesteryear, I can't pretend
I did not wrong her
I'm not to blame
Her cruel affliction
It is my shame
She asked, only one thing
That I would see her, before the bells ring
A broken promise
I did not keep
But I must see her
Before she sleeps

I think, about my old friend
He passed away last year, true to the end
The words he stated
Pointed to me
A dark foreboding
Of what might be
He spoke of deaths hands so cold
An ancient legend, stories of old
If death should call you
You must obey
And drive his carriage
Til New Year's Day

This soul will never be free
This soul will never, will never be free
Unless a change is made and I see the light
This soul will never, never be free

And now I see the light it all becomes clear
How could I be so blind and hurt those so dear
In my wretched life I drink and I fight
Death walks behind me and snuffs out the light

Here running
I let you down
Here running
I let you down
I want a second chance
To make it alright
I could change my ways
And embrace the light

Redemption has it's price and now I must pay
I make the sacrifice and give it away
The old man's dying, the new man is born
If you could understand, forgive and move on

Here running
I let you down
Here running
I let you down
He gave a second chance
To make it alright
I went and changed my ways
And embraced the light